75 percent MBBS fee hike at Odisha private medical colleges
MBBS Fee
Bhubaneswar: Medical education in Odisha is going to get costlier as an announcement has been made regarding a steep fee hike for the MBBS and PG medical courses in the private medical colleges across the State.
MBBS fees at three private medical colleges, including Hi-Tech Medical College Bhubaneswar, DRIEMS Medical College Cuttack, and Hi-Tech Medical College Rourkela, have increased the MBBS fees by approximately 75 percent.
The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Authority released the revised fee structure after a notification was issued in this regard by the Department of Skill Development and Vocational Education.
The Government has implemented the fee hike based on the Odisha Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission & Fixation of Fee) Act, 2007, and based on the recommendation of the Fee Structure Committee in its 7th, 8th, 9th, and 12th meeting held on 10.11.2023, 30.09.2024, 26.11.2024, and 14.07.2025, respectively. It will be implemented w.e.f. academic session 2025-2026.
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MBBS Fee Hike:
As per the notifications issued on the 11th and 16th of August, 2025, the MBBS fees at DRIEMS Institute of Health Sciences and Hospital, Cuttack have been increased from Rs 6,50,000 (as per the previous fee structure) to Rs 9,08,000 for the upcoming three years (from the academic year 2025-2026 to 2027-2028).
At Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar, MBBS fees have been increased from Rs 6,50,000 to Rs 11,56,000. For the Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela, the MBBS fee has been hiked from Rs 5,50,000 to Rs 8,54,000 from the academic year 2025-2026.
SI. No.
| Name of the Institute
| Name of the Course
| Previous fee structure | Fee Structure prescribed by the Government w.e.f. academic session 2025-26 to 2027 28
|
1. | DRIEMS Institute of Health Sciences and Hospital, Cuttack
| MBBS | Rs.6,50,000/-
| Rs.9,08,000/-
|
2. | Hi-Tech Medical College Hospital, Bhubaneswar
| MBBS | Rs.6,50,000/-
| Rs. 11,56,000/
|
3. | Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela
| MBBS | Rs. 5,50,000/-
| Rs. 8,54,000/- |
Fee Hike in PG Clinical & Para-Clinical Courses:
As per the notification issued on August 16, the fees for PG Anatomy/Physiology/Biochemistry at Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar has been increased from Rs 4,50,000 to Rs 6,93,000. Similarly, fees for PG Para-clinical and Clinical courses at the institute has been increased from Rs 7,15,000 to Rs 8,67,000 and Rs 17,33,500 respectively.
In the case of Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela, the fees for PG Para-Clinical and PG Clinical courses have been fixed at Rs 6,41,000 and Rs 12,81,000 w.e.f. from the academic session 2025-2026.
As per the latest media report by The Daily Jagran, the Odisha Parents' Federation has strongly opposed the fee hike. Criticising the move, the President of the Federation, Vasudev Bhatt, compared the fee hike to the imposition of an "American-style 75 percent tax" on education. He called the fee increase a form of educational commercialization and warned to launch a strong protest by the Federation if the decision is not reversed.
